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Farmers have finished plow
ingthrough their Jan. 18 In
come tax report.
e e
The bright aunshlne la a cure
for the flu and reminds many
they will have spring fever,
when the time comes.
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Mrs. J. Cochran Robin has re
turned from a short visit to the
Willamette Valley. "I enjoyed
myself and was hailed 183 times
as the first robin of spring," she
ssid.
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Among the Hems of clothing
contributed locally for shivering,
naked Europeans are number
of pancake hats. When the
peasant women of Serbia get
tired of wearing them they can't
eat them.
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ON HIS OWN PETABD
(Salem Capital-Journal)
"Armed with shotguns and
ether noise devices, Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar F. Jensen were
serenaded.
"When William' A. Rankin
helped get up the party wel
. coming Mr, and Mrs, Oscar F,
Jemen, he must have forgot
ten that he, too, was newly
wed. After every one In the
Rankin home was asleep a
three-gun salute was fired by
the window and the self same
crowd demanded treats."
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In the middle of the housing
shortage one finds Gloria Swan
ion, cx-movle queen. In dire
plcklement, while seeking to
shuck her fifth husband. She
was cramped in a New York
apartment with five bathrooms
nd three closets, the divorce
testimony shows.
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Iran, a tiny land over an oil
field, criticizes Russia and Brit
ain. The meek are getting their
dander up. In Manila, an army
sergeant from Detroit, and form
er CIO leader, engages In a ver
bal clash at a hearing with a
senator and a colonel, and at
last reports was still a sergeant.
a e e
Another Incendiary has oc
curred at Vanport, a war-time
housing project near Portland.
The pliice has already had more
fires than a Tillnmook county
forest.
e e e
A few citizens still lack 1946
auto licenses and calendars and
aro still dnting checks "1945."
e e a
The Nuernberg prosecutor in
the trial of the Nazi wah crim
inals, was rebuked hy two Brit
ish Jurists, for extreme long-wiurii-dne.ss,
In trying to prove
the Reich cabinet was 'a crim
inal organization'. The court
held the evidence in this respect
was too 'inconclusive'. "At
this point the defendants en-
Joyed a hearty laugh," the press
report slates. One can hardly
hlnme them, as even the learned
Jurists should know It Is most
conclusive, is the evidence in
this respect.
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WOOL OVER THEIR EYES
"Klnally, in Genesis 4-2, It is
recorded Hint Adam and Eve at
first had two sons, Cain and
Abel; that Cain was a tiller of
the soli, and Abel was a keeper
of the sheep. Well, you remem
ber Cain killed Abel, and since
that time, somebody or some
thing has been raising Cain with
the sheep men. consistently and
unrelentingly." (From a speech
at Pendleton, before the Oregon
Woolgrowers convention by John
Carkin, former local lawyer).
The Cascade Tunnel throtiKh
the Cascade Mountains In the
state of Washington is 41,152
feet long, the longest railway
tunnel in the Western Hemisphere.
Well, now the score is even.
The naval heads blamed Admiral Kimmel for
the Pearl Harbor disaster. Admiral Kimmel, in his
first public statement since his court martial was
ordered, blames the naval heads.
e e e a e
IT is probably true, as the Admiral states, that had
he been eiven ALL the information the Navy de
partment had, he would have viewed the situation
differently.
It is also true, no doubt, that with only the in
formation he had been triven, Admiral Kimmel might
well have taken far stronger defensive measures tnan
he did.
DUT the big outstanding point is, neither the army
and navy leaders in Hawaii, nor their superiors
in Washintrton. thought for
attack Pearl Harbor from the air.
As Admiral Kimmel stated yesterday:
"The navy's war warning message of November 27th,
1941, did not warn me of a raid on Pearl Harbor and cannot be
made a catch-all for all' the contingencies hindsight may
suggest."
"Hindsight" is right.
THE answer to all this has been given in this de
ni4rr.flrif VvofniQ a
No one can be blamed
aster but the Japs. They
away with it. That s all.
This post-war effort to
in this country is 99 per cent politics and 10 per cent
nonsense, it should be dropped and the distinguish
ed members of the Congressional committee should
turn their energies to more needed desirable and con
structive ends. R.W.R.
Eisenhower Explains
"The army found It Impossible to live up to what former
Chlef-of-Staff George Marshall directed, that all two-year men
would be out by March 20th. We found we simply could not
do It. Had we not slowed down we would have literally run
out of army." General Eisenhower, before Congress com
mittee. There is the entire story of military demobiliza
tion and the recent protests
In mid-stream the official policy WAS changed.
The service men were told one thine bv General
Marshall, and something else
They felt the.v had been
bad not been kept. They
to voice their resentment.
That is the milk in this
THERE had really been no
faith P.nnrl if intii UnA
.v... vviiuiviviig null
policies had to be altered to
In war such changes in
and the men in the ranks never questioned them.
But when a man is fighting he fails to Question
many things that, when the
nave explained.
There is the explanation. We believe further
public protests from the armv rank and file, will hf
few and far between. R.W.R.
Is an Outrage; But
Senator Murray of Montana declarps thvpn nr
four weeks will be required
termine whether it favors
1 ruman s anti-strike proposal.
I HERE is a perfect example of what Pi psirlpnr.
Truman complained about the other night in his "fire
side chat" to the people over the heads of pono-i-pss.
the procedure is generally
"ctvmt ViniMtur in nntvimillnA
utuuuvilllg Hi Willi II I III V.
THERE is no reason, whatever, why the Senate Edu
AnflAH a J T n L. ' I I 11 1 1
ictLiuu iiu uctuur cummiuee could not mane up
is mind on this program in three or four days, instead
oi mree or iour weeks.
But Senator Murray is
would be against anything
voies, and tinnks procrastination and delay, the de
sirable procedure, not for the country, but'polically
And unless the members of the Senate show
some gumption and FORCE
Murray will no doubt get
senators and Congressmen
away with it. It is outrageous.
YES, here, in fact is one of
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ui uui ui-iiiuviiuu- uMTiiiuciu ; uie auuiiy oi an
individual, or a small group of individuals to prevent
prompt political action, or any action at all to de
feat the popular will not bv doing something about
the matter, but doing NOTHING.
If Senator Murray of
important committee, does
proposal that is OK, let him
it let nun favor it and give his reasons for either
action. But DON'T let him. or at least there should
be some way of preventing him, or any other com
mittee chairman from soldiering on his job as chair
man, and refusing to take any action at all!
DUT in this, as in everything else in Washington, if
the people of the country take no interest in the
matter, allow their representatives without protest,
to "get away with murder." day after day and year
after year, nothing will be done about it, against the
redoubtable General Intertia under such circum
stances nothing can be! R.W.K.
a minute the Japs would
for the Pearl Harbor dis
pulled a fast one and got
find a Pearl Harbor goat
from the GI's abroad.
again by his successor.
let down. that nromises
resented it and proceeded
army-revolt cocoanut
promise-breaking or bad
nhnnl 4U(-' -11 J
V.UCVJJCW, Ulclk. S rlllj U1U
meet them.
hitrh nolicv were frenuent
fighting is over, he must
for his committee to de
or doesn't favor President
known as stalling,
against the proirram. he
that might lose him CIO
him to brine out a t-pnort.
away with it, as scores of
in the past have trotten
the most serious defects
1. it.- t - i
Montana, chairman of this
not favor this anti-strike
oppose it; or if he favors
On The Side By e. v. Duriing
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rove ihatl be sarlfleS Vr Sala.
And pain be soothes bj Jove
again:
Bo let ai now take heart ant so
CheerfuUr on through joy and
woe;
No chance tha sammer ni can
brine.
Or the Inconstant aklel of sprlnf.
Or the bleak winter's stormr
weather.
Tor we ihall meet them, lore,
together.
Adelaide Ann Proctor.
i-rincipai purpose of our
Horses & Women research Is the
attaining of a better understand
ing of the female. It has been
said "women do not wsnt to be
understood; they want to be
loved." It has always been our
firm belief that If men under
stood more about women they
could love them better. A
loved women Is usually hap
py. The more happy women,
the fewer the divorces. A de
crease in divorces means an
Increase In children who can en
Joy their young life living with
both parents. So you can readily
see our Horses Sc Women depart
ment research Is really a noble
experiment. Of course, our H 4t
W experts may voice a few criti
cisms of the females but It Is al
ways 100 per cent constructive.!
Its object is to persuade women
to eliminate as many faults as
possible and thus make them
selves easier to love.
Asking
Queries from clients: Q. In
what play did the expression
Sweets to the Sweet" originate
A. In Mr. Shakespeare's "Ham
let." Believe you will find it in
act 3. Q. What was the name of
the original "fat boy" of the
Our Gang comedies. And where
is he now? A. Guess you mean
Joe Cobb. Don't know what be
came of him. He must be nearly
30 now. Q. Who do you claim
was the most accurate throwing
outfielder in major league his
tory? A. Best I ever saw was
Jimmy Sheckard of the Dodgers
and Cubs. Jimmy certainly could
nail the runners at the plate.
That was a great thrill. Not so
much of that kind of baseball in
these days of the lively ball.
Passing By
Clark Gable. Greatest actor
ever born In Cadiz, O. Once stat
ed I believed Clark to be about
five feet ten in height, maybe a
little less. Now at this late date
a Baltimore subscriber wants to
bet a fine Havana cigar Gable
is six feet one In height. I ac
cept that bet. Will have Mr.
Gable measured in the presence
of witnesses soon. Affidavits will
be furnished. When It comes to
winning a Havana cigar I stop
at nothing.
Stsrgaiers
All women love flattery but
Aries (Mar. 22-Apr. 20). women
love It mjsl of all. The easiest
of all women for a smart fellow
to fool are the Aries girls. . .
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) women
are so eager to be in love they
often choose the wrong persons.
That is why so many first mar
riages of Leo girls fail. Leo
itcs usually have two children,
no more, no less. . . Saggltarius
(Nov. 23-Dec. 21) women cannot
be successfully dominated. Must
be handled diplomatically. They
are Inclined to be a little blue
at times for no real reason. But
this Is usually only on Mondays.
All In all they make wonderful
wives and are affectionate little
cusses. Such are the claims of
the stargazers.
Young Mothers
A Ch caKoan aged 30 wno nas
a son in the navy claimed to be
the youngest mother with a son
in the armed froces in World
War H. California immediately
topped this when Bob Gregory,
Anaheim, proudly reported his
charming 39-year-old wife Is the
mother of a son in the navy
Then John Shea, Burbank, navy
veteran, earner through with a
totiper to that. Reports jonn:
When I Joined the navy my
mother was 34 years old. .
AaidM
Harry J. Hoffman of San
Francisco says he has seen Bette
Dat'is in the film "Now Voy
ager" 30 times, paying admission
each time. Harry claims to be
thi country's leading Bette Davis
fan. . . "The man who said
wildcats can not be kept in cap
tivity didn't know what he was
talking about," writes an Echo,
Wis., reader. "I have a wildcat
in a cage and he seems plenty
contented." (Note: You have
something really unusual. Yours
is probably the only philosophi
cal wildcat In the country.)
Please Note
"You rarely see a man smok
ing during a meal. However,
you often see women smoking
and eating at the same time.
Why is this?" asks a Toledoan.
Don't know why so many women
smoke during a meal. Perhaps
they don't know better. In any
(beafWay
to raliav stufflnatt, invito
Sleep
oso gats "stoppi
if nose gtts "stopptd up"
ToniqhtS
event it is a barbaric custom
Furthermore, it is quite a breach
of etiquette. To puff a cigaret
between bites of food Is an insult
to the cook. Believe there Is a
book on smoking etiquette. Too
bed it is not more widely circu
lated among women. There Is
considerable room for improve
ment In the smoking manners of
most women.
Stogie Department
A Butte, Mont., reader says
one winter in the 1930s the tem
perature In his town registered
62 below zero. He demands a
stogie because I said the coldest
weather ever was 45 below in
Bismarck, N. D. The tempera
ture he claims for Butte is not
in the weather records I have.
Must have more proof before
parting with a stogie.
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, Jan. 18 The
way State Secretary Byrnes has
been siding with Moscow has
imp e 1 1 e d as
sembling con
gres s m e n to
ask if a Big
Two is sup
planting the
Big Three or
Five, if this is
a new Ameri
can policy
and whether
Byrnes has the
backing of
earn humid
President Tru
man in these
matters.
When Mr. Byrnes stepped
from his Moscow plane with
agreements practically validat
ing the Russian position In Eu
rope, he said he would go home
for few days, take a bath
and sit and enjoy the remain
ing yuletide. He did not even
get the bath. He was summoned
Immediately to the presidential
cruising yacht.
Returning to W a s h In g t o n
thereafter, he said he would
spend the New Year day open
Ing his Christmas presents and
cards, but he was called back
to the yacht.
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THESE circumstances caused
the White House crowd to
surmise Mr. Truman was dis
pleased, If not angry. But the
explaining which Mr. Byrnes
then started publicly attempting
was concerned only with assur
ances that the atomic bomb
would not be given away before
we found the answer. Nothing
was mentioned about giving
away Bulgaria, Romania, Yugo
slavia or other nations.
Mr. Truman, subsequently
whent beyond the ususal manner
of his responses in a press con
ference to indorse what Byrnes
had done. The president said
there was no reason for "dissat
isfaction" with the accomplish
ment at Moscow and the agree
ments were a "constructiveV
step forward.
The change of front of Ameri
can foreign policy was thus es
tablished by these events, and
what is now developing In Lon
don is merely the result.
MEWS readers may
have to
11
shield their heads from the
paper In shocked surprise when
Mr. Byrnes voted with the Rus
sians, against the British in the
initial world organization step
of electing a president of the
UNO assembly.
Actually this was part of a
deal which the Russians thought
went even further. They had
asked Byrnes if he would ap
prove their choice of the Nor
wegian leader, and he said he
would. They thought he would
publicly second their man, a
misunderstanding privately at
tributed here to the difference
In languages.
When the state secretary
merely voted, without a second
ing speech, the Russian UNO
delegation started their move
ment to change the rules so as
to reauire public nominations
and voting.
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IN this situation, Mr. Truman
is concerning himself "90 per
cent with domestic affairs," his
closest observers concede. Cer
tainly he Is relying on Byrnes
to establish foreign policy to a
greater extent than any presi
dent since Harding relied on a
state secretary (it was Charles
Evan Hughes then).
Intimate, or calling sssocl-
IVi wonderful how 1UU
Va-tro-nol relieves trruient
confctftlon that stuffs up the
note and spoils sleep. Quickly
your nose open up breath
ing Is etuler! If you need re
lief tonight, try ltt Follow di
rections In the package.
"p
VICKS
VATROHOL
"
ates of the president do not in
clude any known names of a
person who might be regarded
as a heavyweight counselor In
the foreign field. And, in recog
nition of the new power of the
state secretary in world affairs
the Byrnes authority today Is
without precedent in our his
tory.
He can give away nations to
the influence of one foreign
power or another, without a
treaty requiring senatorial ap
proval, or without any real re
view of his actions by any su
perior American authority, ex
cept the president, who is forced
by his domestic circumstances
to be only 10 per cent concerned.
a e
FOR this task, Mr. Byrnes has
set up no new or secret
board of cousel. (His old South
Carolina law partner recently
brought Into the department has
been more concerned with poli
tics than other affairs.) His only
too close adviser still is Ben
Cohen, the silent half of the old
Cohen-Corcoran team which
wrote the early new deal reform
laws.
Neither Byrnes nor Cohen
ever had any experience before
in a world affairs job or in the
subject of international diplo
macy officially. By expereince
and temperament Byrnes is a
political conciliator, and Cohen
one of the Frankfurter legal
school of thought.
Byrnes once was considered a
Baruch man, when he sought
the advice of that elderly and
now retired sage of presidents.
In the senate, Byrnes was
known as "the great compro
miser" as indeed his career was
devoted to resolving the differ
ences of those who fought the
war of principles.
His closest and most sympa
thetic observers attribute his
"mistakes' (they do not define
what those are) to his Inexperi
ence in the high technique of
dinlomacv but they are not
worried. Many congressmen,
however, are frankly beginning
to worry whether the tactics
of senatorial political concilia
tion will work out so well in
the world field.
COMMUNICATIONS
Lettera to the editor moat seal
Che name and addreaa ol the writer
although the use ul a pen-name or
Initiate lor publication la permia
slbla rhe Mall I'rlbune reserve!
the right to edit all lettera with a
view to clarity and condensation
A Petition From Guam
To the editor: I don't suppose
von remember me, but I used to
work on your Buick when I was
with Bob Skinner till entering
the air force September, l4i.
Since that time I have served
at Chico, Calif., and was at the
gunnery school In Kingman,
Ariz., for 30 months, during
which time I can assure you I
served my country well.
For myself I'm not complain
ing, but some of the boys here
got up a petition to Senator
Johnson and everyone signed it
and sent a copy to their home
naDers.
I hope you will send this copy
to the senator of ours, or make
an editorial of it, or both. We're
not complaining of being in the
army, just of being on Guam as
there is no earthly reason to be
here since Japan is not being
bombed. The only work is just
to keep us going, transportation,
administration, etc.
The copy of the petition going
to Senator Johnson has ' 800
signatures of 20th air force men.
Thanks, and hope to see you
soon.
The petition follows:
"Dear Senator,
'The announcement of the
War department made public
yesterday, Jan. 5, 1946, stating
that demobilization will be
sharply reduced for overseas
veterans, has resulted in a de
plorable and serious blow to the
morale of all servicemen, who
have been overseas In the Paci
fic for more than a year.
"We feel compelled to point
out that the demobilization pro
gram is a product of inconslst-
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cluding fuel, light and water. You
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of work ahead.
OP-IS
J7i. friendly
Soulhtrn Pacific
Apply S. P. Agent
Medford, Ore.
ency, contradiction and vacilla
tion, to wit:
"At first they said there was
a shortage of shipping and then
the navy pointed out that there
were more than enough ships to
take us home.
'The War department then
glibly resorts to the subterfuge
that there Is insufficient man
power. We can't understand
that claim, because right now
there Is little or no work for us
to do. As a matter of fact, they
have stated that there is a sur
plus of men in this wing of over
38 per cent, a fact that is prob
ably duplicated In other over
seas units.
"To cap the muddled affairs
of the War department, we are
then treated to the shocking
ignorance of the secretary of
war, who has publicly professed
a complete lack of knowledge
that the point system was frozen
as of V-J day, that he did not
know that two-year men will be
eligible for discharge on March
m, 1U4B, and that emereencv
furloughs had to be approved by
the A.G. in Washington, D. C.
we, tne undersigned. resDect-;
fully but vehemently protest to
this palpable breach of all the
promises made by the War de
partment. We state that we
have sacrificed much, willinelv
and have received in return only
this: 'THEY SHALL NOT GOl?
HOME.' i
"This letter signed bv over
800 20th AAF men now sta -
tioned on Guam!"
TSGT. GEO. M. EDWARDS.
305th Air Eng. Squadron,
69th A.S.G.,
A.P.O. 334.
Flight o' Time
Mediord and Jackson Co. His
tory from tha files of the Mai)
Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO
January 16. 1936
(It Was Thursday)
Rain in January so far totals
5.56 inches, a record.
Bruno Hauptman, kidnap
slayer of Col. Lindbergh baby,
granted 90 day reprieve.
'Partly cloudy. High 48, low
38.
Soil conservation to be basis
of new farm aid program.
Soldier bonus to pass despite
veto by Roosevelt.
Rudyard Kipling, famed Brit
ish author, near death.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
January 16, 1926
(It Was Saturday)
Movie to open at Gold Hill
soon.
John C. Mann is elected
president of Red Cross.
General attack on President
Coolidge in senate starts, with
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Sen. Norris of Nebraska lead
ing fight on world court, tariff
and Mexican policies.
Rain. High 40, low 85.
Republicans plan further cut
In income taxes.
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS 'AGO
January 16, 1912
(It Was Tuesday)
Oregon Retail Merchants as
sociation to open state meet
here tomorrow.
Chicken theif on Court street
Ir routed when owner fires sev
eral rifle shots through roof.
Five hundred people see
Washington school students
present play.
Rain. High 48, low 38.
NEW VIRGINIA GOVERNOR
Richmond, Va., Jan. 16 (U.R)
William Munford Tuck, 49-year-olJ
south Boston lawyer, tobae
coman and political figure, to
day became the 61st governor of
Virginia.
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